Genesis 21:20

21:20 God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

Genesis 37:30

37:30 returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”

Genesis 44:22

44:22 We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’

tn Heb “he”; the referent (the boy’s father, i.e., Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn The last two verbs are perfect tenses with vav consecutive. The first is subordinated to the second as a conditional clause.